Detroit Blues IX

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Detroit Blues IX

Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #57

SOLD
To a collector in Bloomfield Hills, MI

oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's painting is of sunlight and shadows on an abandoned and burned building in Detroit. Maybe a statement on this last year and decade  in Detroit and everywhere else. Hoping for better times in the coming year.
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#823

Brush St. Columns

Brush St. Columns

SOLD

to a collector in Colorado Springs, CO
 oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is of sunlight and shadows on a Brush Park building in Detroit. It is at Brush St near Erskine St. I really liked the way the sunlight caught the details on the column tops.
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#822

A Corner Building

A Corner Building

SOLD
To a collector in Holland, OH

oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x5"
Today's painting is of sunlight and shadows on a corner building in Midtown Detroit. I really liked the primary colors and strong contrasts in this scene.

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#821

Jefferson Ave Blues

Jefferson Ave Blues
Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #56

SOLD

to a collector in Detroit, Mi
 oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is of sunlight and shadows on an abandoned storefront on West Jefferson Ave in Delray. This area has been very bad for more than 25 years.
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#820

Michigan Central IX

Michigan Central IX

SOLD

to a collector in Toledo, OH

oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's painting is of the abandoned Michigan Central Station.  Click on the link... Mi Central Station 
to see inside this amazing building.
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#819

Detroit River Nocturne III

Detroit River Nocturne III 
SOLD
to a collector in Merion Station, PA

oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's Detroit painting is  an industrial nocturne of the Marysville Power Plant on the Detroit River.
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#818

Detroit River Nocturne II

Detroit River Nocturne II
SOLD
to a collector in Adelaide, South Australia 
 oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's Detroit painting is  an industrial nocturne on the Detroit River, this is from the Detroit side.
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#817

December Shadows

December Shadows

SOLD

to a  collector in Bloomfield Hills, MI 
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's painting is of shadows in the snow from a tree we planted in our front yard almost 20 years ago. Beautiful blue skies today.
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#816

Corner Shadows II

Corner Shadows II

SOLD
to a collector in Suttons Bay, MI
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is of sunlight and shadows on a corner building in Detroit
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#815

Light Fog on Rouge

Light Fog on Rouge

SOLD
to collector in Ventura CA
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's Detroit painting is  an industrial landscape with light fog on the Rouge River and Great Lakes Steel.
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#814

Gratiot Ave Shadows II

Gratiot Ave Shadows II

Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #55

SOLD

to a collector in Detroit, Mi
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x5"
Today's painting is of an abandoned corner building on Chene Street.
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#813

Rouge Landscape V

Rouge Landscape V

SOLD
to collector in Ventura CA
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's Detroit painting is of an industrial landscape of the swing bridge at Zug Island over the Rouge River. This is the first view with the bridge open.
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#812

Chene St. Shadows III

Chene St. Shadows III

Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #54

SOLD
to a collector in Monroe, MI
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x5"
Today's painting is of an abandoned corner building on Chene Street.
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#811

Detail, MI Central Column

Detail, MI Central Column

SOLD
to a collector in Holland, OH
Oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's painting is a detail of a column inside the abandoned Mi Central Train Station on Michigan Ave.
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#810

Bird on a Wire

Bird on a Wire

SOLD

to a collector in Detroit, Mi
 oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is an urban street scene of a Detroit building at dusk, while putting in the wire I noticed a bird and was reminded of Leonard Cohen's song "Like a Bird on a Wire" one of my favorites artists.
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#809

Lake Huron Nocturne II

Lake Huron Nocturne II
SOLD
to a collector in Adelaide, South Australia 
 oil on linen/panel, 5x7"  2009
Today's daily painting is a nocturne on Lake Huron of very dramatic clouds  at the tip of the Thumb.
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#808

Portage River Bridge

Portage River Bridge
 SOLD

oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is a scene of a bridge  near Woodville Ohio over the Portage River. This river and Sugar Creek were places where I spent many wonderful hours exploring as a child.
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#807

Belle Isle Water Lilies II

Belle Isle Water Lilies II

SOLD
to a collector in Amherst, NY
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is another scene of water lilies in a pond on Belle Isle Park.
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#806

Water Lilies, Belle Isle

Water Lilies, Belle Isle

SOLD
to collector in Suttons Bay, MI
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is of a scene of water lilies in a pond on Belle Isle Park.
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#805

Red Corner Shadows

Red Corner Shadows
Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #53

SOLD
to collector in Birmingham, MI
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x5"
Today's painting is of a red corner building with deep shadows. Another abandoned Detroit storefront.
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#804

Jefferson Ave. Shadows

Jefferson Ave. Shadows

 Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #52

SOLD
to collector in Bavaria, Germany 
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x5"
Today's painting is of shadows on a Jefferson Ave corner building in Delray.
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#803

Lake Huron Nocturne

Lake Huron Nocturne
SOLD
to collector in Adelaide, South Australia
oil on linen/panel, 5x7"  2009
Today's daily painting is a nocturne of Lake Huron at the tip of the Thumb.
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#802

Citylights #49

Citylights #49
SOLD
to collector in Ventura CA
Oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"  
Today's daily painting is the forty-ninth  in the Citylight series of blurred nocturnes of Detroit.
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#801

La Maison Blanche VI, my 800th Painting

La Maison Blanche VI
800th Painting
Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #51

SOLD
to collector in Holland, OH
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x5"
Today's painting is my 800th daily painting. I want to thank everyone who has helped  make this blog a success. Without your support I would not be able to do this. An abandoned white house with blue roof and ivy.
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#800

CSX Shadows at Rouge

CSX Shadows at Rouge

SOLD
to collector in Ventura CA
Oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x5"
Today's painting is of shadows and light on a CSX freight train wheel at the Rouge Plant
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#799

A Sunlit House

A Sunlit House

SOLD

to a collector in Hamden, CT 
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's painting is an urban house along the expressway with strong light and shadow. I really liked the abstract shapes in  the foreground caused by the cement walls with the touch of color of the  orange cone.
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#798

Eastside Blues II

Eastside Blues II

SOLD

to a collector in Hamden, CT

oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is an urban street scene on the Eastside of Detroit. This image reminded me of a contemporary "Early Sunday Morning" by Edward Hopper.
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#797

The Green Roof

The Green Roof

SOLD

oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's painting is a scene from my back steps looking at my neighbors back yard with late afternoon light and shadows. The top of this large spruce tree was hit by lightning about 10 years ago, only the top was hurt. It is a great perch for the red tailed hawk that lives in the area.
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#796

Van Dyke Pastry I & II

 

 Van Dyke Pastry II,   Van Dyke Pastry I                                

Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #50

SOLD

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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's daily painting is before and after paintings of the  Van Dyke Pastry shop on Chene Street. There is an interesting art installation happening with this building. Please follow the links to get more of the story. Please see the Cupcake Girls for the whole story. Also check out Funky Sour Cream for additional photos and information on this installation.
The fiftieth painting in the Abandoned Detroit series.
#795

Return of the Cakes

Return of the cakes

Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #49

SOLD

oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's daily painting is the return of the cakes to the Van Dyke Pastry shop on Chene Street. The store burned down and I was very surprised to see the cakes back after the fire destroyed what was left of the building. Please see the Cupcake Girls for the whole story. Also check out Funky Sour Cream for additional photos and information on this installationt
The forty-ninth painting in the Abandoned Detroit series.
#794

Blue Door, Brush Park

Blue Door, Brush Park

Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #48

SOLD
to collector in Holland OH
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's daily painting is of sunlight and shadows on the side of a building with a blue door in Brush Park.
The forty-eighth painting in the Abandoned Detroiti series.
#793

Eastown Bar

 Eastown Bar

Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #47

SOLD
to collector in Lenoir City TN
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's daily painting is of the weathered sign for the Eastown Bar at the corner of Chene and Palmer. The forty-seventh in this series.
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#792

Gratiot Ave Shadows

 Gratiot Ave Shadows 
Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #46

SOLD

To a collector in Roma, Italy
Oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's daily painting is an urban landscape with an abandoned Gratiot Ave. storefront the forty-sixth in this series.
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#791

Elmo Over Woodward Ave

Elmo Over Woodward Ave

SOLD

To a collector in Silver Spring, Maryland
Oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's daily painting is a view of the Elmo Balloon flying over Woodward Ave during the Detroit Thanksgiving day Parade.
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#790

The Green Columns

The Green Columns 

 Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #45

SOLD
to collector in Bloomfield Hills, MI

Oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's daily painting is an urban landscape with an abandoned Detroit home, the forty-fifth
in this series. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and let us be thankful for everything we have and mindful of those with less.
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#789

Rouge Reflections IV

Rouge Reflections IV

SOLD

oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's daily painting is an industrial landscape of part of the Rouge reflected into the Rouge River. The river is usually rough here so it was a treat to get this calm water for the great reflection.
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#788

Citylights #48, Fisher Building

Citylights #48, Fisher Building

SOLD
to collector in Grosse Pointe MI
 oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's daily painting is the forty-eighth in the Citylight series of blurred night images of Detroit
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#787

Michigan Central VII

Michigan Central VII

Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #44
SOLD
To a collector in Bloomfield Hills, MI
 oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's painting is of the arches inside the abandoned Michigan Central Train Station. I am always shocked at the decay inside this once magnificent building. I used a very limited color palette, cad red, cad yellow, chrome green, cobalt blue and white. I was reading about Monet's palette for the water lily paintings and this is the palette he used.
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#786

Peace Carillon Belle Isle

Peace Carillon Belle Isle

SOLD
to a collector in Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is a late evening scene of the Nancy Brown Peace Carillon on Belle Isle.  Dedicated in 1940, the carillon rings twice a day.
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#785

Belle Isle Nocturne III

Belle Isle Nocturne IIISOLD
 oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is a nocturne of Belle Isle with reflections. Belle Isle was purchased by the city in 1879. The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The same landscape architect that designed Central Park in New York City
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#784